National Cupcake Week: London's 10 best cupcakes

Violet Cakes is a bespoke cake company in London. The owner, Claire Ptak, worked for three years as a pastry cook for Alice Waters at Chez Panisse, the restaurant largely credited as the most influential in the Californian gastronomy movement. The business started as a market stall on Broadway Market, cooking from home before opening the café in 2010. All the cupcakes made here use the freshest ingredients, from English strawberry cupcakes to French apricot cupcakes (£2.20). If you want a taste of something unique to Violet Cakes, try their Chocolate Devil’s Food cupcake (£2.20) with
marshmallow - it’s naughty, yet so nice.